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Tetragonula
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Tetragonula

Tetragonula is a genus of stingless bees. In 1961, Brazilian bee expert, Professor J.S. Moure, first proposed the genus name Tetragonula to improve the classification system by dividing the large genus Trigona stingless bees 9 smaller groups. About 30 stingless bee species formerly placed in the genus Trigona are now placed in the genus Tetragonula. These bees are found in Oceania, in countries such as Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Malaysia, Thailand, The Philippines, India, Sri Lanka,...

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20 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Tetragonula carbonaria

complexTetragonula carbonaria

Valdez's Stingless Bee

speciesTetragonula valdezi

Pagden's Stingless Bee

speciesTetragonula pagdeni

Indian Stingless Bee

speciesTetragonula iridipennis

Orange Stingless Bee

speciesTetragonula melina

Tetragonula iridipennis

complexTetragonula iridipennis

Black-headed Stingless Bee

speciesTetragonula melanocephala

Geissler's Stingless Bee

speciesTetragonula geissleri

Tetragonula sapiens

speciesTetragonula sapiens

Tetragonula praeterita

speciesTetragonula praeterita

Tetragonula biroi

speciesTetragonula biroi

Tetragonula malaipanae

speciesTetragonula malaipanae

Tetragonula testaceitarsis

speciesTetragonula testaceitarsis

Tetragonula sirindhornae

speciesTetragonula sirindhornae

Tetragonula sarawakensis

speciesTetragonula sarawakensis

Tetragonula gressitti

speciesTetragonula gressitti

Tetragonula minangkabau

speciesTetragonula minangkabau

Tetragonula shishirae

speciesTetragonula shishirae

Tetragonula ruficornis

speciesTetragonula ruficornis

Tetragonula bengalensis

speciesTetragonula bengalensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 356051.